2013

The 2013 Pembina flood blog can be found at
www.redriverpembina13.blogspot.com

Greetings From Pembina

No flood post this time (thankfully). I just wanted to direct people to the new North Border Schools website. The new address is:  www.northborder.k12.nd.us

We've had a beautiful summer here with hardly a mosquito in sight. The weather is just beginning to turn cooler and if we have another winter as mild as last year it could be a long time before I'll have to post another flood blog entry.

May 25

I stopped on my way to Neche yesterday to take this picture. I'm on highway 55 looking west. Still a lot of water out that way.

May 11

Things are slowly returning to normal. Today they opened Highway 55 from Pembina to Neche. No more driving to Neche via Bathgate! This afternoon four men started to take out the dike closure on main street. I ran home to put on my work clothes with good intentions of helping but I barely had time to get my gloves muddy before they were done with the center section. This will make the trip a lot shorter for those who live in So Pembina and the guys going over there almost every day to work on the golf course. The end sections will come out in the next day or two.

May 5

They opened the south end of So Pembina today so I was able to go in and take a few pictures. The river is below 50 ft. today.

Some men are working on the #3 green

Looking down the #1 fairway

The water is so still the trees are reflected on the #9 fairway

The pumps are working on the ball field

Less water every day

May 4

Ten people attended the flood committee this afternoon. Things are looking good. The river is down to 50.27 ft. The dike closures by Haugen's and Chale's are being opened up again. South Pembina is still closed off. A group of men have been going over there to work on washing the silt off the greens at the golf course as the water recedes. The city guys make several trips a day to keep the pumps running over there. They have also removed the piles of sand from the school parking lot. Highway 55 to Neche is still closed.

National Guard

At the flood committee meeting this afternoon we released the National Guard as of 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. We thanked them for all their help and they presented the community a plaque in appreciation of our hospitality. The plaque reads:

FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL HOSPITALITY AND GENEROSITY DURING FLOOD OPERATIONS 2011 WE COMMEND YOU!  YOU MADE OUR STAY IN PEMBINA CITY A MEMORABLE AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. THIS COMMUNITY IS ONE TO BE PROUD OF! YOU WELCOMED US INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND MADE US FEEL RIGHT AT HOME; THE HOME COOKED EASTER MEAL WAS VERY APPRECIATED IN A TIME WHERE WE WERE AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES. PEMBINA CITY HAS SET THE STANDARD IN DISPLAYING SOLDIER CARE! THANK YOU FROM THE SOLDIERS OF THE 1^ST BATTALION 188^TH AIR DEFENSE.